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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2015, 1:41 PM CDT for Greene County, Jersey County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2015, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 252 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 431 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
263
WGUS53 KLSX 191841
FFWLSX
ILC061-083-192330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0065.150719T1841Z-150719T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
141 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 133 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING PROBLEMS
CONTINUED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN GREENE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE
HILLVIEW AREA WHERE EVACUATIONS OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO
A LEVEE FAILURE ON HURRICANE CREEK. IN ADDITION...AN AUTOMATED
RIVER GAGE INDICATES FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG MACOUPIN CREEK
SOUTH OF CARROLLTON...AND FLOODING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ALONG
APPLE CREEK. THE HIGH WATER LEVELS ON THESE CREEKS ARE DUE TO
RUNOFF PRODUCED BY THE 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL OVER
NORTHEAST GREENE COUNTY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS
RUNOFF MAY ALSO PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG HODGES CREEK IN EXTREME
NORTHERN JERSEY COUNTY...JUST NORTH AND EAST OF KEMPER.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WHITE
HALL...CARROLLTON...ROODHOUSE...GREENFIELD...ATHENSVILLE... OLD
KANE...PATTERSON...KANE...KAMPSVILLE...WRIGHTS...ELDRED...
HILLVIEW...ROCKBRIDGE...HAYPRESS...WALKERSVILLE...BERDAN...
BARROW...BELLTOWN AND WOODY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CERTAIN TO OBEY ALL
ROAD CLOSED SIGNS.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 9015 3923 9015 3918 9031 3918 9052
3926 9060 3939 9062 3941 9062 3952 9058
$$
TRUETT1 follow-up statement
368
WGUS73 KLSX 192330
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
630 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
ILC061-083-192334-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-150719T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-
630 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENE AND NORTHERN JERSEY COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. A NEW FLOOD WARNING HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED
FOR GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 615 AM CDT. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS
NO FLOODING IN NORTHERN JERSERY COUNTY...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3952 9015 3923 9015 3918 9031 3918 9052
3926 9060 3939 9062 3941 9062 3952 9058
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 3:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Brown, Pike | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Montgomery | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Pike | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 25 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Greene | 24 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.